Date of Award
8-1984
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Howard E. Farris
Second Advisor
Dr. Paul Mountjoy
Third Advisor
Dr. David Keenan
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This study assessed the effects of a do-say procedure and phase sequencing on the correspondence behaviors of seven preschoolers. Three subjects received correspondence-content (Group A) phase sequencing training and four subjects received content-correspondence (Group B) phase sequencing training. During the Content Phase, subjects received reinforcerrent (socials, stickers, snack, etc.) for verbalizations about engaging in a pre-determined non-preferred activity. During the Correspondence Phase, subjects received reinforcement for verbalizations about the non-preferred activity only when they had actually engaged in play with that specific non-preferred activity. The results indicated that in most instances, reinforcement of verbalizations alone results in increases in those verbalizations about a specific activity, with little or no increase in the corresponding behavior with that activity. Also, the effects of a correspondence-content sequence versus a content-correspondence one are not clear. The results obtained from this study showed little variation as indicated by Baseline2.
Recommended Citation
McManus, Catherine M., "The Effects of Do-Say and Phase Sequencing on Correspondence Behaviors of Preschool Children" (1984). Masters Theses. 3364.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3364